RE: You make the call!
That's right. All the model does is allow you to
1) set an initial population. That is numbers of dear by sex and age.
2) set the rate that each age/sex group dies by either hunters or other causes.
3) project those results of any number of years
In the example I showed it is saying that in hunting seasdon, 18% of button bucks die and 80% of 1 1/2 or older bucks die. It's also saying 18% of 6 month females die and 36% of adult females. All 6 1/2 year olds die.
Its also saying 10% of newborn fawns don't make it to 6 months and adult females up to 5 1/2 years give birth to 1 buck and 1 doe. Birth values can be decimals if you like.